The first 24 hours of discussion on the nuclear arms treaty drew at least a dozen senators from both sides of the aisle to the floor to have their say on the agreement with Russia.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid interrupted debate once to announce he was pulling the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill, essentially shuffling the schedule for the final days of the lame duck session.

Debate on START will continue Friday. A vote is not expected until early next week.

Democrats appear to be in range of the 67 votes necessary to ratify the treaty. In Wednesday’s test vote, nine Republicans crossed party lines to vote to move to executive session – a positive sign for Democrats seeking to ratify the treaty before the end of the lame duck session.

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry and his Democratic committee colleagues held press conferences throughout Thursday during which they accused Republicans of wasting floor time without offering any amendments. Meanwhile, Republican leaders, including Minority Whip Jon Kyl, persisted on the floor that the treaty is better off next Congress when the Senate is not in a rush through amendments and debate before lame duck session ends.

“There are things that can be done, but I think first and foremost, we need to ask ourselves; Is this a good thing for the country?” said Alabama Sen. Jeff Session. “I also want to know how it fits into our overall strategic policy. That’s my biggest concern.”

Proclaiming that “we’re ready to vote,” Kerry estimated that Republicans have between 15 to 20 amendments to offer to the treaty. However, he said any change to the preamble could prompt further negotiations with Russia.

“No, we will not take a change to the preamble – we can certainly have some understandings or declarations, but we will not change the preamble,” said Kerry. “If we did change it, then we’d have to go back, we’d wind up with months and months of renegotiation.”

But as of Thursday evening, Reid said only one amendment had been filed to the treaty.

“There’s been one amendment filed, and that amendment is to wipe out the treaty completely,” said Reid.

Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported the number of Republicans who supported a test-vote on the START Treaty. Nine Republicans crossed party lines. We regret the error.